SDCC 10: The Punisher Will Return

Although he's been in three films with varying degrees of artistic and commercial failure, the question on a lot of fans' minds is whether The Punisher will ever return to the screen again.

That's what one fan asked Marvel Studios honcho Kevin Feige during a Q&A session at the studio's Hall H presentation today at San Diego Comic-Con. Feige reiterated that The Punisher was now back in the Marvel fold (he appeared in the studio's Punisher: War Zone) and that fans haven't seen the last of a live-action Frank Castle just yet. But whether that means on the big screen or perhaps as a TV series was left unsaid.

Later during a roundtable interview for Thor, Feige addressed the larger issue of Marvel character cross-overs on the big screen. "They've done it in the comics occasionally so you never know. We'd like to do an alliance between other Marvel characters behind other doors," he said.

But added, "We'll see. It's always a pleasant surprise when it happens but there's lots of legal, contractual red tape. They will be few and far between. Awhile."